The objective of this experiment was to study the effect of environmental factors on the shape of lactation curves (peak yield, time of peak and persistency) of crossbred Alpine x Gurguéia goats fitted by Incomplete gamma function. Data from 6126 records of 877 lactation of 366 goats raised on Carnaúba Farm, Taperoá city, Paraíba State in the period from 1988 to 1995 were used. The function was fitted by linear regression, after logarithmic transformation and by non-linear iterative method. Adjusted […]

The performance and digestibility of nutrients of lambs fed concentrates formulated with soybean meal (SM) and whole canola grain (WC), cracked canola grain (CC) or pelleted canola (PC) and oat hay, fed in a 30:70 (forage to concentrate ratio, %DM) were evaluated. Twenty-eight male lambs with initial age from 60 to 90 days and 17 kg LW were allotted to a completely randomized design. The intakes (g/d) of DM, CP, ADF, NDF and GE (Mcal/d), the average daily gain and […]

The experiment was conducted to evaluate the dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) degradation kinetics and different models to estimate the passage rate in steers fed diets with 15.0% of broiler litter associated to two levels of a supplement based on bovine lyophilized ruminal microbiota (0 and 10 g/animal•day). Four steers with ruminal and abomasal fistulae were allotted to a completely randomized experiment. The passage rate was determined using chromium complexed to the cellular wall […]

With the objective to evaluate the effect of hydrolyzed sugar cane bagasse and sugar cane tops in the performance of cattle, 72 Nellore steers, averaging from 18 to 30 months of age and 293 kg LW were feedlot for 99 days. The treatment consisted in 40.0% hydrolyzed sugar cane bagasse (BAH) and 20.0% sugar cane tops (treatments T1 e T4), 20.0 BAH and 40.0% sugar cane tops (T2 and T5), and 30.0 BAH and 30.0% sugar cane tops (T3 and […]

Growth records from Associação Brasileira de Criadores de Zebu (ABCZ), correspondent to a 2977 Nellore breed calves, born from 1976 to 1994 and raised on pasture in 11 herds from Piauí and Ceará states were analyzed to study the environmental factor effects and to estimate the heritability for the traits weight at 205 days of age (weaning weight). The mathematical model included the fixed effects of sex, year, season and herd of the birth, the covariant age of the dam […]

This work was carried out to estimate stability parameters of milk production using data from “Associação de Criadores de Gado Holandês de Minas Gerais (ACGHMG)”. Animals from different genetic groups of the Holstein breed (31/32, GC1, GC2 GC3, >GC4 and PO), with different regions (15, 25, 35, 45, 55, 65 and 75) and with two management systems. The database was defined by 22560 animals milk production up to 305 days, from 1989 to 1996.The following animals criteria was used to […]

The objetive of this study was to compare the first calving performance of Nellore and F1 crossbred cows. Data used in the study came from 741 calving of Nellore and F1 cows born from the matting of Nellore cows with sires of the breeds Aberdeen Angus, Brangus (black and red), Canchin, Nellore, Gelbvieh and Simental born from 1989 to 1993. The information about 566 calves born from 1991 to 1995, from the matting of these females with the Aberdeen Angus, […]

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of two levels of broiler litter (15.0 and 30.0%), associated or not to a supplement based on bovine lyophilized ruminal microbiota (0 and 10 g/animal•day), in the Holstein Zebu steers feeding. Four steers with ruminal and abomasal fistulae were allotted to a 4 x 4 latin square in a factorial arrangement and individually fullfed. The intake and total and partial digestibilities were evaluated. There was no effect of broiler litter level on […]

The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential and effective degradabilities of the dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) of furachão grass (Panicum repens, L) in different cutting ages (15, 30, 45, 60 and 75 days) with the presence or absence of fertilization. The passage rates of liquid and solid digesta phases were also determined. Five male 7/8 Holstein x Zebu cattle from 30 to 36 months of age, with 545 kg LW […]

The objective of this work was to determine the frequency of the porcine stress sindrome (PSS) gene mutation and its association with reproductive traits in crossbred gilts. Seventy two crossbred Landrace x Large White females from commercial farms of Ponte Nova region location – Minas Gerais State, were analyzed for the PSS mutation. The mutation diagnose was made by polimerase chain reaction – restriction fragment length polimorphism, where the 659pb fragment from the ryr-1 gene was amplifyied, and in the […]